1851 Research Fellowship

UK science and engineering fellowships August 2020 The 1851 Research Fellowship is a postdoctoral fellowship scheme administered by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 that, since the year 1891,Commission Royal Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851 https://royalcommission1851.org/history-archive 2026-09-28 royalcommission1851.org en annually awards a three-year research scholarship to approximately eight "young scientists or engineers of exceptional promise". As of the 2027 round of applications, this was interpreted to mean that applicants should normally have "no more than 2.5 years of postdoctoral experience [...] in the year of applying".Commission Royal Research Fellowships Eligibility and Benefits https://royalcommission1851.org/research-fellowships-eligibility-and-benefits 2026-09-28 royalcommission1851.org en The fellowship is open to all nationalities and fields of science, including physical or biological sciences, mathematics, applied science, and any branch of engineering. The fellowship can be held anywhere in the United Kingdom. Several other fellowships are also awarded by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, including the Brunel Fellowship, the Research Fellowship in the Built Environment, Industrial Fellowships, and the Fellowship in Design. Notable alumni The research fellowship known as the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship, has been awarded to numerous scientists and engineers over the years, many of whom have become leaders in their fields, and of whom 13 went on to become Nobel Laureates in their fields.Commission Royal Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851 https://royalcommission1851.org/news/13nobellaureates 2026-09-28 royalcommission1851.org en Award recipients include:Valerie Phillips, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851: Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 : record of award holders in science, engineering and the arts, 1891–2000, London: Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851, 2001, 978-0-95-395350-9 Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917.Forman Paul Paul Forman (historian) Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1990 Charles Scribner's Sons 456 Dictionary of Scientific Biography Noel Benson, a research geologist and academic. Homi J. Bhabha, "father" of India's nuclear programme.10 July 1937 1851 Exhibition Studentships and Scholarships Nature 140 3532 60–61 10.1038/140060d0 1937Natur.140T..60. free Sydney Brenner, British biologist/geneticist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2002.Friedberg Errol 2019-04-11 Sydney Brenner (1927-2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01192-9 Nature en 568 7753 459–459 10.1038/d41586-019-01192-9 Eric Burhop, Australian physicist. Kelvin Campbell, South African / English urban designer, originator of 'Massive Small Theory' David Edmund Caro, Australian physicist. Roger Cashmore, English physicist. James Chadwick, English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935.Nobel Prize in Physics 1935 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1935/chadwick/biographical/ 2026-05-19 NobelPrize.org en-US Hans Thacher Clarke, English-born biochemist who distinguished himself as university professor and Kodak researcher in the United States. John Cockcroft, English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1951.Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1951/summary/ 2026-05-19 NobelPrize.org en-US Notably, this Nobel Prize was shared with Ernest Walton, another 1851 Research Fellowship Recipient. John Cornforth, Australian chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1975.Hanson Jim 2014 John Cornforth (1917–2013) https://www.nature.com/articles/506035a Nature en 506 7486 35–35 10.1038/506035a 1476-4687 subscription Paul Dirac, English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933.Nobel Prize in Physics 1933 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1933/summary/ 2026-05-19 NobelPrize.org en-US Austin Burton Edwards, Australian geologist. Alice Laura Embleton (1876–1960), biologist, zoologist and suffragist. Charles Goodeve, Canadian chemist. Brian Grieve, Australian botanist. George Harker, Australian scientist. Rita Harradence, (later Rita Cornforth) Australian chemist. Norman Haworth, British chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1937.Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1937/haworth/facts/ 2026-09-28 NobelPrize.org en-US Peter Higgs, British physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013.Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2013/summary/ 2026-05-19 NobelPrize.org en-US Edwin Sherbon Hills, Australian geologist. Fred Hoyle, British astronomer noted primarily for the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and coining the term "Big Bang". Aaron Klug, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1982.Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1982/summary/ 2026-05-19 NobelPrize.org en-US Yamuna Krishnan, Indian-American chemist, winner of the Infosys Prize. June Lascelles, Australian microbiologist. Geoff Malcolm, New Zealand physical chemist.http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university15.html NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ma Shadows of Time 15 August 2019 Leslie Martin, Australian physicist. Harrie Massey, Australian physicist. Thomas E. Nevin, Irish physicist. Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist. Cormac O'Ceallaigh, Irish physicist. J. R. Partington, British chemist. Joseph Pawsey, Australian radio astronomer. William Penney, Baron Penney, English physicist. Sir Robert Howson Pickard (1896), British chemist; Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. Kathleen Prendergast, Australian paleontologist. Darshan Ranganathan, Indian chemist. Robert Robinson, English chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1947.Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1947/summary/ 2026-05-19 NobelPrize.org en-US James Stanley Rogers, Australian physicist.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4658693 1851 Scholarships The Argus (Melbourne) 23,627 Victoria, Australia 27 April 1922 1 March 2026 7 National Library of Australia Alistair Rowe, Australian physicist. Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908.Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1908/summary/ 2026-05-19 NobelPrize.org en-US Bernice Weldon Sargent, Canadian physicist. Winifred Smith, English botanist. Alexander Todd, British biochemist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957.Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1957 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1957/summary/ 2026-05-19 NobelPrize.org en-US Victor Trikojus, Australian biochemist. Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1951. Notably, this prize was shared with John Cockcroft, another 1851 Research Fellowship recipient. Herbert E. Watson, Ramsey Professor in Chemical Engineering at University College London.https://www.jstor.org/stable/93239 On the Relation between Current, Voltage, Pressure, and the Length of the Dark Space in Different Gases Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character 93239 Aston F. W. Watson H. E. 1912 86 585 168–180 10.1098/rspa.1912.0011 1912RSPSA..86..168A 94925348 free References External links Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowships Category:Scholarships in the United Kingdom Category:Science fellowships